small finds analysis...

The scientific and analytical analysis, of the typically small metal finds, will take place in the Archaeological Artefacts Forensic Analysis Centre, an equipment centre located in the Materials Analysis Laboratory (D242) of the Dawson Building, the Department of Archaeology, Durham University. If archaeology is ultimately the study of people, their actions, organisations and relationships through the material evidence recovered, then our objects are well placed to help us re-write Durham's history. We use three different methods and approaches to study our objects - cultural, scientific and technical - we term it 'investigating objects'.